Riot at school leads to 30 arrests www.privateofficer.com
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MEMPHIS, TN. April 19 2009
By: Bryan Hill
Security News Magazine
www.privateofficer.com Authorities responded to what they have called a “riot” at an area school on Thursday.
Police say that a fight in a Memphis school cafeteria resulted in about 30 students being cited into Juvenile Court.
The incident which started at Pyramid Academy late Thursday morning was the second such fight at a Memphis school in three days.
Authorities say numerous officers were dispatched as the fight involving at least fifty students or more escalted and as more officers arrived they took 14 students into custody, charging them with inciting a riot. Seventeen others were cited for disorderly conduct.
Memphis city schools officials said the argument began in the community and came into the school. On Tuesday, Memphis police arrested 17 students at Northside High School, charging them with assault, disorderly conduct and inciting a riot.
Authorities did not say whether or not these schools had school resource officers assigned to them or if there were any injuries at either incident.
Police say that a fight in a Memphis school cafeteria resulted in about 30 students being cited into Juvenile Court.
The incident which started at Pyramid Academy late Thursday morning was the second such fight at a Memphis school in three days.
Authorities say numerous officers were dispatched as the fight involving at least fifty students or more escalted and as more officers arrived they took 14 students into custody, charging them with inciting a riot. Seventeen others were cited for disorderly conduct.
Memphis city schools officials said the argument began in the community and came into the school. On Tuesday, Memphis police arrested 17 students at Northside High School, charging them with assault, disorderly conduct and inciting a riot.
Authorities did not say whether or not these schools had school resource officers assigned to them or if there were any injuries at either incident.
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Just realised I posted the wrong link previously. Apologies:
School fights and riots can indeed have a devistating impact if not quelled. See the attached:
http://caughtinthemiddleman.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/fighting-part-2-2/